Auxiliary pocket for garments



Aug. 26, 1969 5. E. CASTER AUXILIARY POCKET FOR GARMENTS Filed Nov. 8,1967 ELDRED E. CASTER INVENTOR.

United States Patent Ofiice 3,462,764 Patented Aug. 26, 1969 3,462,764AUXILIARY POCKET FOR GARMENTS Eldred E. Caster, Rte. 1, Box 26, ScottsMills, Oreg. 97375 Filed Nov. 8, 1967, Ser. No. 681,412 Int. Cl. A41d27/20 US. Cl. 2252 1 Claim ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE An auxiliarytrouser leg pocket comprising a vertically disposed panel stitched alongboth of its sides and across its bottom edge to the trouser legmaterlal. The top free edge of the panel which provides an accessopening to the pocket is upwardly and rearwardly mclmed relative to thetrouser leg and is provided with a parallel closure flap of elasticizedmaterial stitched along its top edge superjacent the top edge of thepanel and to both sides of the trouser leg in laterally spaced relationto the sides of the panel thereby providing a closure for normallymaintaining the pocket access opening closed.

This invention relates to improvements in wearing apparel and moreparticularly to auxiliary pockets for use in connection with the legportions of garments such as overalls, trousers and similar garmentsworn by tradesmen.

The principal objects of the invention are:

To provide a pocket of the character described adapted to receive andhold various types of hand tools against accidental or unintentionalremoval from the pocket when the wearer of the garment assumes astooping or kneeling position.

To provide a pocket which may be sewed to elther the outside or insideof the garment leg and accessible from the exterior thereof through anupwardly and rearwardly inclined slit in the garment material andprovided with an overlying protective flap or cover.

The foregoing and other objects and advantages which will becomesubsequently apparent reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing forming a part hereolf and inwhich:

FIGURE 1 is an elevational view of a pair of trousers having a pocketmade in accordance with my invention attached to the exterior of onetrouser leg.

FIGURE 2 is an enlarged elevational view of the pocket.

FIGURE 3 is a side elevational view of FIGURE 2 partly in section, asviewed approximately along the line 3-3 of FIGURE 2.

FIGURE 4 is a view similar to FIGURE 2 showing the pocket and a closureflap as they would appear when distorted to accommodate a tool beinginserted into or removed from the pocket.

FIGURE 5 is a modification showing a pocket disposed on the interior ofthe trouser leg, with fragments broken away, and accessible from theexterior thereof, and

FIGURE 6 is a side elevational view of FIGURE 5.

With continuing reference to the drawing wherein like reference numeralsdesignate like parts, numeral 1 indicates generally a trouser legshowing my new and improved pocket secured to the exterior of thetrouser leg as by stitching and within convenient reach of the wearer ofthe trousers.

As best illustrated in FIGURES 2 and 3, the' pocket comprises a panel 2stitched along both of its side edges as at 3 and 4 and across thebottom as at 5 to the exterior of the trouser leg. Side edge 3 of thepanel extends upwardly a greater distance than the opposite edge 4.

The top free edge 6 of the panel 2 is thus inclined upwardly andrearwardly as shown and provided with a closure flap 10 which isslightly longer than the width of the pocket and stitched along its topedge superjacent the top edge 6 of panel 2 as at 11 and downwardly as at12 and 13 in laterally spaced relation to the side edges of the panel asshown.

Thus, with the rearward portion of the pocket being deeper than thefront, the pocket will automatically guide any deposited article or toolindicated diagrammatically at T, into a position where it will be heldagainst displacement in any of the wearers assumed positions, as abovepointed out.

The closure flap 10 is preferably, though not restrictively, made ofelasticized material to render the interior of the pocket accessible asillustrated in FIGURE 4 by upward flexing of the flap between its sidestitching 12 and 13.

In the modified form of the invention shown in FIG- URES 5 and 6, thepocket is disposed on the interior of the trouser leg 1A and comprises afront wall 15 and rear wall 16 sewed together along both of their sidesas at 17 and 18 and across the bottom (not shown) in the usual manner.This pocket is suspended on the interior of the trouser leg by stitchingboth horizontal top edges 20 of the front and rear pocket walls to thegarment material as at 21, and by stitching only the inclined top edge22 of the front wall 15 to the garment material as at 23 closelyadjacent the bottom edge 24 of an inclined slit 25 which provides accessto the interior of the pocket.

The slit 25 is normally covered with a flexible flap 10A stitched as at11A, 12A and 13A to the exterior of the trouser leg so that, here as inthe first form of the invention, the interior of the pocket isaccessible for the insertion or removal of a tool as shown in FIGURE 4by upward flexing of the closure flap.

In both forms of the invention each elasticized flap serves the usefulpurpose of preventing accidental or unintentional removal'of contents ofthe pocket by normally maintaining its top marginal portion undertension and the overlap of the flap renders the slit in the trouser legclosed against atmospheric conditions.

What I claim is:

1. In a trouser leg, a pocket comprising a vertically disposed panelhaving two parallel side edges and a bottom edge at right angles to saidside edges,

said panel secured to the trouser leg by stitching along both side edgesof the panel and across said bottom edge thereof,

one of said side edges extending upwardly a greater distance than theother side edge whereby to provide a free full-width pocket openinginclined upwardly and rearwardly relative to said trouser leg,

a flap of elasticized material of parallelogram shape completelyoverlapping said inclined pocket opening, the top and bottom edges ofthe flap being parallel to the pocket opening and the side edges of theflap being beyond and parallel to the side edges of the pocket panel,

3,462,764 3 4 said flap secured along its top edge to the trouser legReferences Cited superjacent the top edge of the panel and downwardlyalong two of its sides in laterally spaced re'- UNITED STATES PATENTSlation to said sides of the panel to points below the 1,036,859 8/1912Kirshen 2254 extension line of the pocket opening to thereby nor- 51,091,262 3/ 1914 Walsh 2250 mally maintain said pocket opening closedand to 1,328,884 1/ 1920 Miller 2252 yield outwardly and upwardly inconformity with 3,276,040 10/1966 Belzer 2250 articles being insertedinto or removed from the pocket. ALFRED R. GUEST, Primary Examiner

